Good call. Would love to see someone like Hector coming into our defence. What's he up to these days?

Jury's still out on Tansey and I'm not yet convinced we'll fill the gap left by Hayes.

Tansey is never going to fill Hayes gap as he is a different player. He was brought in to replace Jack, or at least the space created by the snake.
I am personally happy enough with the signings DM has made and think we should be there or there abouts again this season.

Hopefully we get a win next week in Bosnia, as that would be a great boost.

Good call. Would love to see someone like Hector coming into our defence. What's he up to these days?

Jury's still out on Tansey and I'm not yet convinced we'll fill the gap left by Hayes.

Hector is at Chelsea. Doubt he will get a game too often, but can't see him coming to us, unfortunately.

I am sure Shinnie is mostly going to play midfield for us this season. Good thing too in a way as I feel McLean is not great in the tackle though he is good in the air. While McLean is a really skillful player, as a defensive midfielder he is scary at times. The reason being his tendency to fall down when there is any form of contact as he tries to buy a free kick. He usually stays down to see what will happen so if the free kick isn't given the play is a long way past him by the time he gets back up. This just serves to take himself out of the play if he doesn't get the free kick. When in an advanced position this is often not a huge problem, but if he is just in front of the defence it can let an opposing player run at our defence. We have all seen that end badly. So overall I would rather see Shinnie as a defensive midfielder if we have GMS or Wright wide left.

I thought Stewart looked excellent when he came on on Thursday. Hopefully there are great things to come from him.

On balance, yes it looks like it. However, last season's team was a settled unit that had played together for 2 seasons. This new team will take a little time to get to that level and we need to be prepared for a few yahoos of results between now and Christmas.

Hopefully Greg Stewart and Gary Mackay-Steven can progress to the point we don't miss Hayes and McGinn at all.